hy

See also: Hy and hý

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch hij.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦəi/, [ɦə̟i̯]

Pronoun

hy (object hom, possessive sy)

  1. third-person singular subject pronoun
    1. he (referring to a male person)
      Hy sien my nie.
      He can’t see me.
    2. it (referring to a non-personal noun)
      Ek het die boek gelees, maar hy is baie moeilik om te volg.
      I’ve read the book, but it is very difficult to follow.

Synonyms

See also

Cornish

Determiner

hy

  1. her (possessive determiner)

Noun

hy

  1. Aspirate mutation of ky.

Pronoun

hy

  1. she
  2. her

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

hy

  1. Alternative form of heo

References

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hy

  1. Alternative form of he

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hý, from Proto-Germanic *hiwją, either from Proto-Indo-European *kew-, *ḱew- or from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-, or a merger of the two. Compare English hue.

Noun

hy c (uncountable)

  1. skin, complexion

Declension

Declension of hy 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative hy hyn — —
Genitive hys hyns — —

Welsh

Alternative forms

Adjective

hy (feminine singular hy, plural hyfion, equative hyfed, comparative hyfach, superlative hyfaf)

  1. bold

Derived terms

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hýða, derived from húð.

Verb

hy

  1. (transitive) to birch children

Etymology 2

Probably from Finnish.

Noun

hy f

  1. gnat, the smallest species of the mosquito genus: Ceratopogon pulicaris
Synonyms
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